Here’s a word-art freebie from the lyrics to Kelly Clarkson’s song “Stronger”: “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.” The song was written by Jörgen Elofsson, Ali Tamposi, David Gamson, and Greg Kurstin.
To download word art (without watermark), click here, then right click on the image and choose “Save Picture As . . .”
I have lots of word-art inspiration at the Raising Figure Skaters Facebook page and on Pinterest!
Background Photo by zavulonya.
So many of us mothers want to be perfect mothers. But that’s obviously impossible. I’ve grown to like the concept of being a good-enough mother.
I remember wanting to be a more-perfect mom years ago, and I can only imagine how much worse the Internet has made things for moms with perfectionistic tendencies today. Who can possibly be a saintly mother happily creating even a fraction of all the wonderful materials, amazing activities, and fun foods found on Pinterest alone?
I love this post by Jennifer Kunst, Ph.D., at Psychology Today: Searching for the “Good Enough” Mother.
And I REALLY LOVE this post by April Perry at The Power of Moms: Your Children Want YOU!
Whether you’re a sports mom, homeschool mom, career mom, or any other type of mom, I hope you’ll give yourself permission to be happily imperfect. Here’s a post I wrote at Living Montessori Now about learning what my kids really needed: Top 5 Homeschool Lessons My Children Taught Me.
Despite my imperfections, my now-adult kids turned out great. I’m incredibly proud of my kids. I’ve learned that being a good-enough mother is good enough!
“The Ideal Mother” Word-Art Freebie
Happy Mother’s Day weekend! Enjoy being a good-enough mother! 
Linked with The Mommy Club Resources and Solutions at Milk and Cuddles and Crystal & Co. and Thought-Provoking Thursday.
Here’s a word-art freebie from the quote “OF COURSE I’d like to be the ideal mother. But I’m too busy raising children.” From the comic strip The Family Circus by Bil Keane
To download word art (without watermark), click here, then right click on the image and choose “Save Picture As . . .”
I have lots of word-art inspiration at the Raising Figure Skaters Facebook page and on Pinterest!
Linked with Thought-Provoking Thursday.
I wonder how often we’re simply afraid to enjoy life. I love the following video. It made me laugh out loud when I first saw it.
A DRAMATIC SURPRISE ON A QUIET SQUARE
“To launch the high quality TV channel TNT in Belgium we placed a big red push button on an average Flemish square of an average Flemish town. A sign with the text ‘Push to add drama’ invited people to use the button.”
Wasn’t that fun?! It’s interesting that the button wasn’t pushed immediately. Most of us tend to be too afraid to live fully.
I shared a great graphic from Smile BIG, Love Everybody on the Raising Figure Skaters Facebook page. It says:
“When we reach the top, we tend to forget how we got there. It’s on the way down we suddenly remember the journey. Without the lows, there wouldn’t be any highs. Life is exactly like a roller coaster. Always sit in the front row.” Jesse Magoon
Whether we need to spend more time in nature or just be open to life as it happens, I hope we can all start to truly enjoy our lives.
“The Moments That Take Our Breath Away” Word-Art Freebie
I’ll be on spring break from blogging at Raising Figure Skaters next week. I’ll still add my quote of the day and share word-art inspiration at the Raising Figure Skaters Facebook page. But I need to spend a bit more time enjoying the outdoors! So I’ll skip next week’s blog posts. See you here on Wednesday, May 9!
Photo Credit: Image at the top of this post by Sumayah Essa at Flickr Creative Commons.
Here’s a word-art freebie from the quote “Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but by the moments that take our breath away.” The origin of the quote has been attributed to a number of people, but the quote most likely came from an anonymous male Canadian writer for Carlton Cards in the mid-1970s.
To download word art, click here, then right click on the image and choose “Save Picture As . . .”
Background photo by Yang Jun.
I have lots of word-art inspiration at the Raising Figure Skaters Facebook page and on Pinterest!
I recently wrote a post at Living Montessori Now about helping kids avoid nature-deficit disorder through Montessori-inspired outdoor activities. But it isn’t just kids who can have nature-deficit disorder.
Richard Louv first coined the term “nature-deficit disorder” in the 2005 book Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder. In a more recent article, “Get Your Mind Dirty” at Outside Online, Louv says that adults as well as children are suffering from lack of time in nature. He writes:
“In the book, I introduced the term nature-deficit disorder—not as a medical diagnosis but as a way to describe the growing gap between children and nature. By its broadest interpretation, nature-deficit disorder is an atrophied awareness, a diminished ability to find meaning in the life that surrounds us. When we think of the nature deficit, we usually think of kids spending too much time indoors plugged into an outlet or computer screen. But after the book’s publication, I heard adults speak with heartfelt emotion, even anger, about their own sense of loss.”
In the spring especially, I feel a greater need to spend time outdoors. “Spring fever” hits me each year and continues throughout the warm months. And I need to get out of the house some even the middle of winter. I think that most adults as well as kids feel better, more whole, by spending time outdoors.
“I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.” John Burroughs
Richard Louv talks about some interesting benefits of spending time in nature:
“While the study of the relationship between mental acuity, creativity, and time spent outdoors is still a frontier for science, new data suggests that exposure to the living world can even enhance intelligence. At least two factors are involved: first, our senses and sensibilities can be improved by spending time in nature; second, the natural environment seems to stimulate our ability to pay attention, think clearly, and be more creative.”
I’ve been focusing on getting outdoors more in general lately. And I want to take my writing outdoors, too. I plan to take my laptop outdoors in the warm weather rather than spending the day sitting at my desk, even though my computer is right by a window.
“The Earth Delights” Word-Art Freebie
What better plan for Earth Day or any day than to get outdoors and enjoy the earth? How do you plan to spend more time outdoors?
Photo Credit: Photo at the top of this post by Vinoth Chandar at Flickr Creative Commons (License).
Linked with Thought Provoking Thursday.
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